Greaves scored 44 times in 57 appearances for his country, but an injury in the final group match of the 1966 final led to him losing his place in the team to Sir Geoff Hurst, who scored a hat-trick in the final victory. over West Germany as Greaves watched from the sidelines.
Until 2017, Greaves held the record for the most goals scored in his career in the top five leagues in Europe, 366, with Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo as the man who finally surpassed him.
Sadly, Greaves suffered a stroke in May 2015 that has left him in a wheelchair and with severe speech problems.
Following the news of the Greaves tribute, his son Danny told the Mirror: “When Dad was given the news, he shed a tear.
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“It is a wonderful achievement for anyone and as a family and on behalf of Dad we are absolutely delighted.
“A big thank you to those who have campaigned to get Dad an MBE and to those who have supported those campaigns for quite some time.
“We are all delighted to be in a position where eventually Dad will be honored in a way that probably deserves to be honored.”
Greaves joined AC Milan just before the abolition of the maximum wage in England in 1961, but despite continuing to score goals at an impressive rate, he did not settle in Italy and returned to England with Tottenham before the end of the year.
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He became one of Spurs ‘all-time greats and holds the club’s goal record with 268 goals, winning the FA Cup in 1962 and 1967 and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963, the same year the club ended. second in the old First Division. .
Greaves moved to West Ham as part of a swap deal with the late Martin Peters in 1970, but began battling alcoholism.
But Greaves overcame his addiction and went on to have a career as an expert and co-hosted the Saint & Greavsie show alongside fellow former pro Ian St John between 1985 and 1992.
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Danny also posted a message on Facebook thanking his father’s teammates and teammates, and the public, for the “tremendous support, love and kindness they have shown my dad over many, many years.”
“I think if you had told my dad, when he was a kid, kicking a ball and doing what he liked to do, that the Queen would honor him, he probably would have smiled and said something like, ‘Yeah right’.”
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